Maxim Tucker

Maxim Tucker

Maxim Tucker is a Ukraine-based freelance journalist who reports regularly for The Times, Newsweek and the BBC. He has worked in some of the hottest spots in the conflict zone and various locations throughout the country. He has extensive contacts within the Ukrainian government, military and intelligence services, as well as among diplomats, political parties, independent experts and NGOs. He covered the Euromaidan revolution for The Independent and was formerly news editor of the Kyiv Post. Prior to that he worked as Amnesty International's Campaigner on Ukraine and the South Caucasus and has spent most of the past six years working on and in the former Soviet Union. @MaxRTucker